Sharing a video from RB77 that goes through the browsers and their support on the DS, Wii, DSi, 3DS, Wii U, and even Switch / Switch 2:

My favorite one was definitely the Wii's! Youtube even had a special version of their site optimized for it (called Youtube XL).

@benwatts223 Totally agree! I just wrote a post about this recently: https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-nintendo-expose-the-fully-functional-internet-browser-built-into-the-switch/u/33770559

@jainacore is right. Wikipedia has a good article on this subject if you want to read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

Works well on Switch! https://chromedino.com

Posted a new 2025 update to the petition: https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-nintendo-expose-the-fully-functional-internet-browser-built-into-the-switch/u/33770559

It talks about the Switch 2, and how it's still important to keep asking Nintendo for a browser! The above update was emailed out to all signers.

These numbers have now been added to the DNS landing pages in the upper right corner.

Here they are as of right now. Again, these represent "active unique users in the last 20 minutes":

The three landing pages:

• http://45.55.142.122
• http://45.55.112.11
• http://46.101.65.164

Are you open to co-developing clearer guidance or even tweaks to the GDPR plugin to accommodate things like ex-user content purges?

Definitely. A first step will be to make easier tools for bulk purging before account deletion or via global mod / admin intervention. Also, it should be pointed out that this kind of tool would help permanently banned users as well, who are unable to log back in and do it themselves.

I'm still not sure where to draw the line for something like chat messages though. There could be an automatic clean up if all users leave a chat, for instance, as that data could no longer be accessed.

We would also need a way to verify authenticity of the deletion requests, as we don't want users to be able to social engineer and wipe data of different accounts. Maybe on deletion, an email, IP, or other secret phrase could be left to allow managing the data without an account.

Regarding a roadmap, that's something we should also have. @Raven does occasionally post a thread with what we're working on / upcoming features, but we should also have something like a Github board with priorities and visibility to the public for the implementation progress or feedback.

Hi, there's a lot to unpack here, and I'm going to try my best to respond as best as I can to the concerns raised. This is off the top of my head, and not an AI reply!

@Mozuku-Kun I appreciate your enthusiasm, but that answer does not accurately represent the way the platform works. It looks like it's lacking substance as well.

BrowseDNS forums are based on NodeBB, and as such, we inherit a lot of their account and data practices. Here is the main nodebb website: https://nodebb.org/

And here's the specific plugin that is used for most data "right to erasure" language: https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-gdpr

Firstly, regarding your first statement, it is news to me that user account uploads are not removed upon account deletion, and I will look into that directly. Please DM me with any information regarding specific content that you may have expected to have been removed in the past, and we can sort it out.

For the questions:

A1: That line is referring to collecting user data for advertising purposes. Specifically, this would be by using cookies and Google Adsense. As of today, we are not running any ads due to it being too intrusive for Switch users, but we're actively looking into this still, as the platform has costs associated with running it. Here's a thread from the last time that ads were enabled.

Calling it 'for personalization purposes' isn't referring to algorithmic feeds, but instead is digital marketing lingo for: We will show you ads for products that you are probably interested in (by using cookies across the web), thus creating a "personalized" experience.

A2: Deleted with respect to user account data means fully deleted and gone, which is done to comply with GDPR. Individual posts and chats do have a deletion that is a flag in the database, and then can be further "purged" by moderators or admins. But when an account is removed, it's irrevocably removed.

There may be server logs associated with the account that persist up to a few weeks, but these are also regularly automatically purged and not stored longer than needed for basic site maintenance. We could more clearly define these potential loose ends. But for personal data that is requested to be deleted, it is a true hard delete (purge) with intentionally no ability to recover.

A3: Regarding chats and posts, this content is "published" and is not considered personal user data. This is the built-in behavior of NodeBB, but as I understand it, it's because data you share with others (in a chat for instance) is owned by both of you. It's not necessarily fair to the other person in the chat if you are able to revoke all records of your interactions.

I found the following resource online regarding specifically chat messages and GDPR: https://law.stackexchange.com/a/31028

To me, that suggests that if the chat message contains personal data that there is grounds for allowing us to allow the user to delete/purge it. As of this time however, we do not have a way to do this. You would have to go one by one through your posts/chats/uploads, or contact a mod or admin.

Combined with the fact that account deletion is permanent, that does leave an ex-user in a corner, as they're unable to log back in and delete the data yourself. If someone is reading this, and finds themselves in this scenario, please email gdpr@browsedns.net or message an administrator directly. We can absolutely help purge old content and are not trying to be in the business of unknowingly holding onto your published content.

A4: I'll look at those terms specifically and try to add clarity for them, but in general they're mostly going to be bound by whatever wording enables advertising (again, despite the site not having any at this moment). The specific user consent flow though mostly dictated by NodeBB GDPR defaults.

As the hosters of this service, we are ultimately the ones who hold the responsibility, but NodeBB is open source software, and if there are specific complaints beyond that, it might be helpful to sign up for an account on their site, and suggest potential changes from that direction: https://community.nodebb.org (or alternatively, let us/the administrative team here know if their site provides additional guarantees that we may be able to include on our end)

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I hope this response addresses some concerns. Most of the BrowseDNS backend is open source, and it's not our intention to be misleading or mince words in this area. Besides hosting open-source projects, I also have professional work experience with GDPR, user data deletion, and user rights, but I'm not an expert. I do welcome you keeping us honest in this regard, for future improvements for the entire site and the rest of the user base.

@danniltrifonov Looks good! If you use try...except blocks you can make it more error proof (eg. if someone types a string, or a tries to divide by zero)

More info: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_try_except.asp

Here's where the URL is supposed to point to, and we'll update the rules accordingly: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention

More 3D experiments: https://vgmoose.bdns.dev/3d/zdogXperiments/

From this repo: https://github.com/gregja/zdogXperiments?tab=readme-ov-file

The Zdog library lets you render 3D directly to a <canvas> element and also has good compatibility on the Switch browser and otherm limited browsers: https://zzz.dog

Example:

(source URL: https://vgmoose.bdns.dev/3d/ )

They were removed during a nodebb upgrade due to an incompatibility with the plugin they require. We'll bring them back when this is fixed!

I can replicate the same bug on Switch, looking into a fix

Hmm, it's not impossible: https://www.reddit.com/r/googlecloud/comments/126efns/is_the_google_images_api_still_available/

Custom Search JSON API provides 100 search queries per day for free.

We went with pixabay since it's got a free API, but adding Google Images as an alternate option would be nice.

@DoctorL0ve You just set the DNS up in settings, and then try to launch YouTube (from the eShop, instead of connection test). Then, it'll open the browser, and after timing out, will automatically re-open itself.

@coaisntlucid This category has topics where other users have shared sites that work well: https://browsedns.net/category/14/useful-sites

For AI chat, for now you can DM @BrowseGPT on this forum.

This site simulates Windows XP, and runs great on console browsers!!

URL: https://pranx.com/windows-xp-simulator/

Does anyone have recent suggestions for updating the default links?

Specifically, what sites work well on the limited browser, and would be helpful to access quickly?

Think like, basic html games, or text-based sites, certain social medias, or simple sites, etc